16 Sept 2021
HARDING-RERITI v DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS [2021] NZCA 470
- Citation
- [2021] NZCA 470
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The Court held the application for leave to bring a second appeal was declined because it did not raise a matter of general or public importance nor a sufficient risk of miscarriage of justice; the High Court costs order was set aside because the prosecution for breach of release conditions should never have been brought as no valid release conditions or licence existed at the time of the alleged offence, the appellant's pursuit of dismissal and costs was reasonable and not vexatious, and therefore the costs award against him was unjustified; appellate costs of NZD 1,500 were awarded to the a…